Robert Krulwich, the beloved co-host of Radiolab and veteran science journalist, delivered a masterful commencement address at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism in 2011. The speech was built around the story of Charles Kuralt, the legendary CBS correspondent who got his dream job at 23, only to watch the institution he loved slowly abandon its values decades later. Krulwich used Kuralt's disillusionment to make a radical argument to the graduates: don't put your faith in institutions. Instead of waiting for The New York Times or NPR to hire you, go home, sit in your living room, and start doing what you love. Write a blog, make a film, create something. He described watching young science writers do exactly this—starting with nothing, building audiences through sheer persistence and talent, and within a few years becoming the leading voices in their field. His advice was a call to entrepreneurial action rooted in what he called 'horizontal loyalty'—trusting your peers rather than the hierarchy above you.